Parenting Children with ADHD: A Parent's Survival Guide to Overcome Your Child's Challenges at Home, School and Become a Prosperous Adult (ePub)

This is a very practical guide that uses real-life examples based on observations from the author's own experiences, struggles, and successes with her daughter. It provides tips for managing various issues that parents of children with ADHD face.

The parenting journey with a child with ADHD is much different than that of the average child. There are many special challenges and needs, and it can be very hard to help your child in school, at home and in social situations, you may feel overwhelmed by their behavior and frustrated by their lack of motivation and general inability to follow instructions.

This guide is packed with strategies, tips and advice for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to help guide you through the challenges and rewards of raising a child with ADHD. It's designed to fill gaps in the current care of children with ADHD, offering parents advice on how to develop their child's positive self-esteem, self-management skills, time management ability and social skills as well as to help them manage their own emotions as they cope. With this book, you will be able to help your child develop into a healthy, happy, and successful person.

The goal of this book is to provide practical advice on how to handle typical parenting challenges such as behavior problems, difficulties in school such as bullying and making friends and dealing with self-esteem issues among other topics. The author has tried her best to be as realistic as possible answering all the questions that one can expect a parent to ask. For example, she recommends different behavioral management strategies that one can try before considering medications such as behavioral therapy and lifestyle changes.